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Airtight drywall gasket location

dfvellone | Posted in General Questions on March 17, 2021 11:10am

Does the gasket get installed along the entire perimeter of a wall, as well window perimeter?
Thanks, Daniel

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BILL WICHERS | Mar 17, 2021 05:22pm | #1
You basically seal around the perimeter, which includes windows. The goal is to keep stuff inside from leaking to the outside, so you need to seal any transition areas. Martin wrote an article some time back in Fine Homebuilding that has drawings that make this easier to see:
https://www.finehomebuilding.com/project-guides/drywall/airtight-drywall

Bill

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